BlockNilles Corner, Washington
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bridgeport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98830. It lies near Ragged Butte. The Survey maps it on the Stubblefield Point quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1950 USGS Boot Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Stubblefield Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Omak quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Nilles Corner between 2014 and 2020, burning about 227,369 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 223,731 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PEARL HILL |
| 6 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,289 acres | Spokane District | RAGGED BUTTE |
| 6 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Washington State Fire Marshal's Office | COMMAND 27 RD |
| 2 August 2014 | Natural | 398 acres | Colville Agency | TIMM BROTHERS |
| 2 July 2019 | Natural | 93 acres | Colville Agency | STUBBLEFIELD POINT |
| 8 June 2016 | Natural | 1,358 acres | Colville Agency | TIMM RANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Nilles Corner: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timm Tungsten | Tungsten | Prospect | Surface |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leahy | 6.0 miles | 6 | |
| Brandts Landing | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Osborne Corner | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Fairview | 12.4 miles | 6 | |
| Sims Corner | 13.3 miles | 6 | |
| Bridgeport | 13.9 miles | 11 | |
| Downing | 15.3 miles | 11 | |
| Rocky Butte | 15.4 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122557609 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511184. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.